because Shabana Mahmood is not the head of the UK’s justice system and Sir Hamid Patel is the interim chair of Ofsted’s board, not Head of the UK’s Education System.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Advisor Peter Navarro DID Invent and Quote an Expert Named ‘Ron Vara’
Did President Donald Trump's economic advisor Peter Navarro once attribute quotations to a supposed expert named "Ron Vara", who turned out to have been invented by Navarro himself? Yes, that's true: Navarro admitted in 2019 to having inv
FactCheck.org→ Democrats Question Social Security Administration Changes in Misleading Terms
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Abrupt changes in staffing and some procedures at the Social Security Administration, coupled with false and misleading claims about widespread fraud, have prompted heated criticism
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Publicly Declare He Would Implement Martial Law on April 20, 2025
Did U.S. President Donald Trump publicly declare that he would implement martial law in the United States on April 20, 2025? No, that's not true: As of April 9, Trump had not publicly given any such order, or made any such declaration. Ru
The Dispatch→ Legal Challenges Brew for Trump’s Tariffs
The president’s use of an emergency-powers law to impose duties faces scrutiny.
Internet Archive→ President Trump Attends NRCC Dinner : CSPAN : April 9, 2025 5:13am-6:50am EDT
President Trump attended a dinner hosted by the National Republican Congressional Committee. The President spoke at length about his policy agenda and emphasized the need to protect and strengthen the Republican House majority in the upcoming midterm e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Wikipedia Screenshot Of ‘Great Leap Backward’ Article — No Such Page
Is there a real Wikipedia page titled "Great Leap Backward" describing the opening months of President Trump's second term? No, that's not true: A screenshot of such a page appears to have been created by digitally editing the page about
The Dispatch→ Tariff Terrorism
That Scott Lincicome is so hot right now!
The Dispatch→ Kharkiv: Under Fire but Out of the Spotlight
USAID cuts hinder Ukrainian efforts to facilitate media coverage and counter propaganda.
The Dispatch→ Gavin Newsom’s Pivot to Nowhere
The California governor’s curious messaging strategy ahead of a potential 2028 presidential run.
The Dispatch→ It’s Time for Republicans to Listen to the Markets, Not Trump
The markets don’t lie.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rogan Podcast Guest Dr. Suzanne Humphries Misstates The Facts About Polio
Did Joe Rogan podcast guest Dr. Suzanne Humphries accurately describe problems with the polio vaccine and with organized medicine's responses to polio? No, that's not true: A Brown University Medical School professor said Humphries made s
The Dispatch→ The Worst Job in Washington
Chris Sununu and 2028.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Trump official didn’t confirm a tariff pause, but markets rallied amid false headlines
Says Kevin Hassett, National Economic Council director, said, “Trump is considering a 90-day pause in tariffs for all countries except China.”
Internet Archive→ President Trump Signs New Executive Orders : CSPAN3 : April 8, 2025 3:55pm-4:56pm EDT
[LIVE] President Trump signs new executive orders on energy policy, including actions to force some coal-fired power plans slated for closure to continue production. Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN3.This item has files of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Qualified Expert Argues Pyramidal Antarctic Peak Is Manmade
Is the pyramidal peak in Antarctica's Ellsworth Mountains the topic of an expert debate over whether it is a masonry pyramid constructed during Antarctica's last warm period, millions of years ago? No, that's not true: There is no credent
The Dispatch→ Trump Wins On Alien Enemies Act … Kind Of
Plus: Can Trump fire federal probationary employees?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rand Paul Did NOT Say That ‘Trump Is A Tyrant’
Did Senator Rand Paul call U.S. President Donald Trump "a tyrant" while speaking in Congress on April 2, 2025? No, that's not true: As the full recording of the speech shows, Paul did not even use the word "tyrant" on that occasion. His s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Produce, Broadcast A Report About Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska Attempting To ‘Escape’
Did the BBC report that Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska tried to escape to Europe and was put under the guard of the national Security Service when the attempt failed? No, that's not true: In a statement to Lead Stories, a BBC spokesp
Full Fact→ MPs campaigning for an airport in Pakistan haven’t suggested the UK should pay for it
Misleading claims have been circulating online after 20 UK parliamentarians signed a letter to Pakistan’s Prime Minister in support of a new international airport in Mirpur.
Full Fact→ Health secretary again overstates size of NHS waiting list
Full Fact→ There’s good information out there too… if you know how to find it!
The truth isn’t always buried deeply. As part of our #FactsMatter campaign, senior journalist Leo Benedictus shares some tips for finding fascinating and surprising information.
Full Fact→ No, Argos is not selling iPhones for £8.40
This is another case of social media posts sharing an offer that’s too good to be true—this is not a genuine deal associated with the retailer.
Full Fact→ How many people has Labour ‘deported’?
Some politicians and media have referred to the total number of immigration returns as the number of people being “deported”, but most returns aren’t officially counted as “deportations”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Congressional Democrats Did NOT Hold a Self-Described ‘Shadow Government’ Hearing in April 2025
Did Congressional Democrats hold an inaugural meeting of something they described as a "shadow government" in the United States in April 2025? No, that's not true: On April 7, Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Jamie Raskin led Democrat members of
Full Fact→ Why #FactsMatter to Full Fact journalist Evie
Meet Evie a journalist on our online team who says that #FactsMatter to her because "without them there would be a void"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Does Not Authentically Show Diana Fox Carney, Wife of Canadian PM Mark Carney
Did a photograph shared in April 2025 authentically show Diana Fox Carney standing alongside her husband, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney? No, that's not true: the image was digitally edited. The original was taken by the Reuters news
The Dispatch→ Sweeping Cuts Reach HHS
Unpacking efforts to restructure one of the largest federal departments.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Sell $2.3 Billion Of His Truth Social Stock A Day Before He Announced Tariffs
Did President Donald Trump sell $2.3 billion of his Truth Social stock a day before he announced new tariffs? No, that's not true: Trump cannot yet sell his shares in Trump Media and Technology Group Corp., the company that owns the Truth
The Dispatch→ Justice Barrett’s RICO Revolution
Plus: How to argue in front of children.
The Dispatch→ Our Treasury Secretary Is an Economic Illiterate
Lower prices and higher wages are the same thing.
The Dispatch→ What Do Consumers Get Out of Fair Trade?
A specific case of ‘it feels good to do good.’
The Dispatch→ Institutional Failure or Societal Shift?
Young military officers, especially from the Navy, are choosing work-life balance over prestigious commands.
The Dispatch→ Torpedo Bats, Explained
The Yankees’ impressive start puts a recent baseball innovation in the spotlight.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Trump Was Prepared To Pause Tariffs On All But China — White House Killed Rumor In Minutes
Was there credible information behind a tweeted report that President Donald Trump on April 7, 2025 was considering a 90-day pause in imposition of the worldwide tariffs he announced April 2? No, that's not true: The White House "rapid re
The Dispatch→ Take Your ‘Medicine’
What have we done?
PolitiFact→ Did Trump impose ‘the largest tax hike in our lifetime’? How it compares, as it’s currently proposed
Many Democrats and some Republicans called President Donald Trump’s tariffs the largest ‘tax hike’ in recent history. As proposed, the tariffs are historic increases by two different measures.
PolitiFact→ What is a recession, and is it tied to stock market declines? What to know after Trump’s tariffs
A stock market plunge doesn’t inevitably mean a recession is coming, but often it does. Here’s what happens in a recession, and the connections between recessions and stock market declines.
Internet Archive→ President Trump & Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Meet in Oval Office : CSPAN : April 7, 2025 3:15pm-4:01pm EDT
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak to reporters before meeting privately in the Oval Office. Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JSON, Cl
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misleads on Transgender Issues
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. On the first day of his administration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to no longer consider a person’s gende